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Wampum Belt Archive

 

Eastern Woodlands

Penoscot ca

NMAI 02/6389.000

belt

Hamell October 20, 2024

Original Size:
Est. Length: 20.0 inches by 2.0 inches. Rows: 6. Whelk and Quahaog beads.
Reproduction:
Beaded length: 24.3 inches. Width: 3.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 48.3 inches.
Beads:

Columns: 153. Rows: 6. Total Beads: 918.

Materials:
Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

 

Description:

Woven with cordage on leather. Site: Probably (sic) from Maine.

Purchased by George Heye from unknown source 1910.

.Reference:

National Museum American Indian. 2024. https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/NMAI_28024.